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Agenda for the Rest of The Course
For the rest of the semester, we’ll be working on developing the collaborative web resource site. While you may not finish the entire site, the site should have:
- Navigation on all pages
- A clear overarching structure
- Stubs/placeholders for all pages
- Categories and tags
- Content on at least eight pages.
You will also write the instructor a memo during the last week of classes where you explain your contributions to the site and reflect on the process of site creation.
Assignments Due By The End of the Semester
- Final version of site (December 8 )
- Individual memo reflecting on contributions and process, as an e-mailed attachment(December 11)
- Final comments on all discussion posts (December 11)
Weekly Agenda for November 13-17
Monday, November 13
Today you’ll finish — for real this time — your collaborative/community analyses. Then we’ll start working on planning for and writing a proposal for the Collaborative Web Resource project.
Wednesday, November 15
Today you’ll work on the planning and proposal writing for the Collaborative Web Resource project.
Assignments for This Week
- Finish Collaborative/Community Analyses by end of class on Monday.
- Write (as a class) Collaborative Web Resource proposal (by end of class next Monday).
- Read: Anonymity and Online Community: Identity Matters, Calling All Designers: Learn to Write!, and Home Page Goals.
- Post a comment on the discussion post.
Weekly Agenda for November 6-10
Monday, November 6
Today we’ll work on creating templates for your collaborative/community analyses. Then we’ll work on adding content to your templates.
Wednesday, November 8
Today you’ll work on creating the Web sites for your collaborative/community analyses. The goal for today’s class is to get the projects finished by the end of class.
Assignments for This Week
Finish your collaborative/community analyses.
Read:
Post a comment on the discussion post.
Weekly Agenda for October 23-27
Monday, October 23
Today we’ll discuss ways that people analyze and evaluate Web writing, including audience analysis and rhetorical analysis. You’ll practice some of these strategies on the communities that you’ve chosen for your analysis projects.
Assignment for Next Class
Read:
- “Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace“
- “Women and Children Last: The Discursive Construction of Weblogs“
- “An Argumentation Analysis of Weblog Conversations“
Post a comment on the discussion post.
Wednesday, October 25
Today you’ll work on researching and drafting the text (as well as collecting other types of media) for your analysis projects.
Assignment for Next Class
Do the readings and post a comment on the discussion post.
Write a draft of the text for your Collaborative/Community Analysis; bring it to class on Monday.
Weekly Agenda for October 16-18
Monday, October 16
Today we’ll continue to discuss the software we’ll use for the collaborative Web resource as well as decide on the name and title of the site. Then we’ll discuss some of the terms and concepts necessary for thinking about online communities, especially in terms of how they do and don’t work to facilitate collaboration and community. Finally, we’ll talk some more about research questions and a focus for your individual analyses, and work to generate library sources and “field research” sources that might be good for your projects.
Assignments for Next Class
- Read any three articles from “Group Dynamics in Cyberspace“
- Read “Communities, Audiences, and Scale“
- “Cult blog a fake, admit ‘lonelygirl’ creators“
- Watch “A Beginner’s Guide to Faking Your Death on the Internet“(Warning: Contains Profanity)
- Post a response to the discussion post.
Wednesday, October 18
Today we’ll discuss issues related to credibility, authority, and ethics in collaboration and community online. Then we’ll continue to work on analysis projects and on the collaborative Web resource.
Assignments for Next Class
- Read any three articles from “Group Dynamics in Cyberspace“
- Read “Communities, Audiences, and Scale“
- “Cult blog a fake, admit ‘lonelygirl’ creators“
- Watch “A Beginner’s Guide to Faking Your Death on the Internet“(Warning: Contains Profanity)
- Post a response to the discussion post.
Weekly Agenda for October 2-6
Monday, October 2
Today you’ll work on your Web literacy autobiographies, especially on Web page production.
Wednesday, October 4
If necessary, you’ll finish up with your Web literacy autobiographies. Then we’ll go over the guidelines for the Collaborative/Community analysis, and we’ll also talk about some possible software applications that we could use to build the Collaborative Web Resource.
Assignments for Next Class
- Finish your Web literacy autobiographies.
- Complete this week’s readings (which include an online video)
- Respond to the discussion post on the course community.
Weekly Agenda for September 25-27
Monday, September 25
Today you’ll continue to work on your Web literacy autobiographies.
Wednesday, September 27
Class is canceled for the 150th anniversary celebration.
Assignments for this Week
- Read:
- Comment on the discussion post in the course community.
- Continue to work on your Web literacy autobiographies.
Weekly Agenda for September 18-20
Monday, September 18
Today we’ll briefly discuss this week’s themes: identity and privacy in collaborative/community Web writing. Then we’ll discuss conventions for writing narratives and you’ll work on your Web literacy narratives. Finally, you’ll set up your Niagara Web space and publish a sample page.
Assignment for Next Class
- Read “When Public and Private Collide“, “Privacy Fears Shock Facebook“, “Scenes from the MySpace Backlash” by next Monday.
- Comment on the discussion post in the course community by next Monday.
- Draft your Web literacy narrative and continue working on the project.
Wednesday, September 20
Today we’ll review Web design and Web page creation basics, and then you’ll work on creating Web pages for your projects.
Assignment for Next Class
- Continue to work on Web Literacy project
- Make sure you’ve completed the reading and discussion.
Weekly Agenda for September 11-13
Monday, September 11
Today we’ll discuss topics for the collaborative Web resource assignment and go over general guidelines for the project. Next, we’ll discuss the guidelines for the Web Literacy Autobiography, and discuss the types of Web writing which happen in personal contexts. Finally, you’ll start thinking about the narratives which you might want to create for your projects.
Assignment for Next Class
- Read “Logged Off: Increased Use of Internet in Life Leads to Digital Memories With Death,” “The Next Step in Digital Evolution,” and “The Future of Literacy” (given out in class).
- Make a comment on the discussion post in the course community or make a separate post about your ideas.
- E-mail the instructor with the date for the week that you want to be the discussion leader for the readings.
Wednesday, September 13
Today we’ll discuss how people categorize and shape information on the Web using various principles of information design and information architecture. Then you’ll engage in some site mapping and create asset lists to keep track of the information you’ll need for your web literacy autobiography. Finally, you’ll start collecting information for your projects.
Assignment for Next Class
- Make sure that you’ve done the reading and commented on the discussion post.
- Continue to collect information (links, pictures, sound, video, writing, resources) for your web literacy autobiography.
Weekly Agenda for August 28-September 1st
Monday, August 28
Today we’ll review the policies and requirements for the course. Next, you’ll create LiveJournal accounts (if you don’t already have them) and make test posts to the online community that we’ll use for talking about the readings and themes in the course.
Assignments for Next Class
- If you didn’t finish in class, be sure to set up your journal and make an introductory post to the community.
- Purchase the textbook at the bookstore or online.
Wednesday, August 30
Today we’ll talk about terms, concepts, and frameworks for discussing community and collaborative writing online. You’ll also have a chance to ask any questions you have about the online reading discussion before we get started with that assignment.
Assignments for Next Class
- Read Web 2.0: A Pattern Library and “As We May Think”
- Check the course community for a post about the readings. Read the post and add a comment or reply to an existing comment to discuss the readings.